Sunday afternoon was a very bitter pill for Liverpool to swallow. We had Manchester City by the crown jewels and we let them slip through our fingers.

And the Reds can only have themselves to blame after the latest example of simply being unable to negotiate the closing moments of a tightly-fought game.

The goals Arne Slot’s side have conceded late on this season have been largely different. On Sunday it was a penalty, at Fulham it was a long-range screamer, at Bournemouth a goalmouth scramble from a long throw, at Chelsea a counter-attack.

But what a lot of them have in common is a sense of panic. Of players making rash decisions that were often completely unnecessary. Or a problem with the mindset.

And that was definitely the case from Alisson Becker at the weekend with the needless rush from his line that ended with Mateus Nunes tumbling to the ground and Erling Haaland scoring the inevitable penalty.

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